Boy, 9, Held in Killing

DETROIT, May 28 (UPI) —The Detroit police took a 9‐year old boy into custody early today, charging he shot and killed a 13‐year‐old schoolmate following a street fight. The police said the boy, whose identity was withheld, was detained in the shooting last night of a fellow student, Cedric Topping, outside a West Side home.

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